Germany, Luftwaffe. A Central Petroleum Department Stamp consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A postwar signed photo of

A postwar signed photo of Oberfeldwebel Hans Kirn

who was twice honoured by Franco for his part in rescuing a hundred nationalists in the Spanish Civil War: high on the republicans

and saw further action in Yugoslavia and Greece

maker marked “RR” on the obverse

got a confirmed Ju

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Central Petroleum Department Stamp consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A postwar signed photo of(Luftwaffe Minerall Stammabteilung Stempel). Constructed of magnetic metal, the face bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of LW. MINERALL STAMMABTEILUNG 9 for the Luftwaffe Central Petroleum Department, topped by a lug for insertion into a handle which has been lost to time, unmarked, measuring 35 mm (w) x 35 mm (h), with oxidation evident throughout, in very fine